Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps

Ceguk (Combretum indicum) is a climbing plant up to 8 meters long of the Combretaceae family, native to Myanmar and also found in tropical Africa. Besides being popular as a hedge and ornamental plant, its young shoots are commonly eaten fresh or cooked in Indonesia, while in West Africa its stem is woven into baskets. Its seeds and roots are traditionally used to expel parasitic worms and relieve diarrhea and kidney inflammation.

Ceguk can grow in tropical regions, rainforests, rural areas, forests, fields, and shrubland, and can be found up to an elevation of 600 m above sea level. Requires full sun, tolerates various well-drained soil conditions, and can adapt to different pH levels.

• Stem heavily branched, round/cylindrical, smooth surface that becomes scaly with age, hollow.
• Leaves simple, opposite, short-stalked with elongated ovate to oblong blades, pointed tip, pinnate venation, green.
• Flowers arranged in spikes emerging from the stalk tip, with 5 petals that change from reddish-white to purplish-red, fragrant.
• Fruit five-angled, elongated with tapering tip and base. When ripe, the fruit turns brown and is ready for harvest.

Propagated generatively (by seed and root suckers) and vegetatively (by stem cuttings).

Alkaloids, amino acids, saponins, glycosides, steroids, tannins, flavonoids, phenolic compounds, quisqualic acid, quisqualin A, rutin, trigonelline, L-proline, L-asparagine, oleic acid, palmitic acid, pelargonidin-3-glucoside.

Root, seed, or fruit: anthelmintic (expels parasitic worms); reduces diarrhea; treats kidney inflammation (nephritis). Leaves: relieves pain caused by fever; treats bloating in dysentery; acts as an expectorant. Root: antirheumatic.

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Dani, Udani, Wudani (Malay), Bidani (Sunda), Kacekluk, Kaceklik, Cekluk, Wedani (Java), Rabet dani (Madura).